Clean

clean, adj. [ME. clene; AS. clæne, clean pure; akin to OHG. kleini, gleaming, bright, fine (whence G. klein, small, kleinod, gem); IE. base *gel- *g(e)li-, gleam brightly], 1. free from dirt or impurities; unsoiled; unstained. 2. recently laundered. 3. morally pure; sinless. 4. habitually avoiding filth. 5. shapely; well-formed. 6. clever; deft. 7. having no obstructions, flaws, or roughnesses; clear; regular.

What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny compared to what lies within us.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803–1882

Ralph Waldo Emerson was a United States writer and poet.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
—Henry David Thoreau 1817–1862

Henry David Thoreau was a United States writer and philosopher.